Supposedly Anthony is the heartthrob and Ian is adorkable. That’s exactly how they come across on a Friday evening at their Beverly Hills studio, Ian in his quirky sneakers and Anthony exposing the waistband of his Calvin Klein briefs. Anthony occasionally dons man jewelry; Ian doesn’t really work out. They’ve...

When it comes to the state of Los Angeles theater — particularly of its small stages — there seems to be a general consensus that it is in a bad way. Why or how depends on whom one asks. Some mention the economy, still shaky from the Great Recession. Others...

Danny Carter is a go-go dancer at one of L.A.’s hottest gay clubs. Every night he gets black-out drunk, twerks on a box for six hours, wearing less than a Speedo, then wakes up in bed with a stranger. He’s living the dream! Until … he turns the big 3-0...

Seldom have the words hummus and handjobs been uttered in the same sentence, especially by a nice Jewish girl. But Jessie Kahnweiler is not your typical nice Jewish girl. In less than two years, the 29-year-old filmmaker has become an online favorite of the Girls generation, with a series of...

“I’m Peace. I have a Ph.D. in medieval studies. Which means I owe $200,000 in student loan debt at 49 percent interest rate! Whoops,” Maria Bamford quips as she introduces herself and the other endearingly in-debt characters in her new Funny or Die series, The Program. Bamford and fellow L.A...